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Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Treasures of Life

Happy Wednesday! I didn't plan on sharing sappy stories this week but it just worked out that way.

My lovely online friend, Roxanne, made me one block a month for the past year. These little cuties will finish at 3"!! They are hand pieced with precision.
I know I have many readers that were not on the Alzheimer's journey with me. There are many who have been.
Roxanne started to send these after my mom died one year ago in July. Unfortunately Roxanne is on the Alzheimer's journey with her mom. I'm glad she can be encouraged by the things I have shared. I was encouraged by many of you; your comments, ideas, support.

She felt funny asking for them back to assemble, but I thought it was a perfect request!

Here were the last 2 I received.

There are so many things I wished I would have done differently when dealing with my mom.

One is this (from a previous post) It is hard to do, but making them happy or smile for the moment you are in is important. Yesterday is not important and neither is tomorrow.

"Without a memory of today or an understanding that the past is past, the future ceases to have meaning."

Alzheimers Art Quilt Initiative was a huge part of my therapy. My feelings came out in my quilts:

21 comments:

You have an incredibly thoughtful friend. It's very difficult to watch a parent's health deteriorate day by day. And difficult to lose them. I remember well my own struggle with this situation even though it was years ago.

Lori,What a wonderful example of caring for each other. I went back and read your links, and I remember following you on this journey. I, too was sad to see AAQI end as I had other ideas also.That's why I keep making quilts for our charity part of guild, and make quilts for our teams at church to take to Haiti. These are made without batting, and I gave 8 to the leader Sunday to take the end of this month. There is always something we can do to help others on the journey, whatever that is.

Wonderful post Lori. I lost my Mother 3 weeks ago, however, she was as sharp on the day she died as she always had been. I have followed your blog posts since 2010 so I've been aware of the sad journey you had with your Mother. If you sharing your journey helps even one person in the same situation with a parent or loved one you should be proud. Too often in this day and age people struggle alone with these issues.

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